Construction Equipment
Ag Equipment
Roadbuilding
Dealers
Business
Technology
Tag: endangered species
Roadbuilding
TxDOT teams up with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to protect ocelots
In an attempt to help protect ocelots that frequent the Laguna Atascosa Wildlife Refuge, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is joining with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to build 12 corridors beneath two roads where many of the endangered cats have been killed by traffic. KSAT abc 12 reports that the $8 million project in Cameron County is […]
November 22, 2016
Roadbuilding
Michigan DOT bridge nesting boxes a haven for endangered peregrine falcon chicks
Bridges serve as a way for vehicles to get from one place to another, but some also provide nesting sites for endangered bird species. Such is the case in Michigan, where MLive reports that seven peregrine falcon chicks were born this spring on top of two Upper Peninsula bridges—the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and […]
July 5, 2016
Roadbuilding
Eyeless spider forces TxDOT back to the drawing board
Two years ago the Texas Department of Transportation was forced to halt highway construction project when an endangered, eyeless spider habitat was found at the site. Now TxDOT finally has a solution… The original plan was to build an underpass connecting Loop 1604 and Texas 151 on the Northwest Side. But constructing this would have required […]
November 4, 2014
Roadbuilding
Fish stops bridge construction in Oklahoma
A stop-work order has been issued on Stepps Ford bridge in Ottawa County, Oklahoma because construction methods might be damaging the habitat of the endangered madtom catfish. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife service has expressed two major concerns with the construction. First and foremost, the original permit was for a five-span bridge and the current […]
August 1, 2014
Page 1 of 1